Seated portrait of an old ... George Dixon Aked

Seated portrait of an old ... George Dixon AkedSeated portrait of an old Arab man at the village of Sawda. The man is sitting on the ground wrapped in a thick cloak. He is holding a cane in one hand. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.

sheer-sided dune on the left

holding a peregrine falcon (shahin) in the sands near Al Ain

Adobe and stone buildings in the city of Abha sit on the far side of the field

Wilfred Thesiger's party camping in the Wadi Madi on the journey to Al Mukalla

A long low dune rises behind the men

In the centre a little boy removes a saddle from a couched camel

A group portrait of a seated woman surrounded by young women and younger girls

while on the right a second group clusters around a lone tree

and hills in the distance

Chapman calls Gyemphel Utsi 'Holy Hill'

In the distance beyond rolling sand dunes lead to a far rocky mountain topped by jagged rocky peaks

during the party's journey from Khasfah well to Matki well